The Sun. — London, England, 1808-02-22 00:00:00

• • The Swedish C a bi net ; i n their ipplicatiun for tt naval force from this Country, expressed a preference far the Ships taken from Denmark, as better calcu latod for the navigation of that sea. The Danes have sixty Gun-boats, some Of them tounting.six guns, in readiness for sea: s , LORD LAKE.—It is with much reccret that we inform InlCrin the pubic of the death ()hills 'able and gal lant officer. A fever which he caught in attending the Trial of General WHITRLOCKE, and which in» creased with the most alarming rapidity, was the cause of the untimely loss of a man, who was an ornament to his profession, and who had render eti.very important services to his Country. He died last night, at his house in Ilrook-street, Grosvenor- IqUare. * He had long been a favourite with the Prince OfWALEs, who had testified' his friendship for the Noble Lord cn many occasiens, and who; it was generally understood, fiarticulady exerted -himself to procure that appointment in India in prhich Lord LAK E so conspicuously displayed his skill, enter- Plize, promptness, courage, and, indeed, all ,the ' qualiti es which forin an accomplished Soldier. In Trivate life, Lord LA was generous, friendly, and umane. It is impossible not -to feel particular re- Vet on an occasion of this kind, when we see a gallant Officer, who bad often braved death in the held, and who returned to his Countrrcovered with the laurels which he had so nobly acquired; deprived of life at a time when• he might have been expea- Seto enjoy hi s we l l-earned honours for many ars, and to feel a gratification which Very few have (21)Portunity to obtain, arising from the conscious "e's havin deserved the esteem and gratitude of his C ountr y 1 The manly charmer of Mr. FULLER, Member for_ s uise _ . Public, wA has justly excited the esteem of the lade who know that 1)e is one of those patriotic Pendent men who speak and at upon true .tintish principles, who are the slavek of no party, l l o ld who cannot be bought or sold. It is an !tour to any place to be represented by such men, 4: j k l n otwithstanding the exultati on m a n if es t e d i n an wtll pposition Print, in the hope that Mr. FULLER I °Se his seat in' Parliament, there can be little 4 unix that the affluent, respeCtable, and independent „,,, in . „ e n a Sussex will zealously c o m e f orwar d f or t h e ‘,"`c'litof their Country, and give an effeaual support 5Q firm, decided, and public 7 spirited a character. A Committee of th e H ouse o f C ommons i s a b out t !be proposed by Ministers, to take into considers nu the expediency of introducing the use of sugar !edistilleries, in lieu of barley. The inquiry will double objet ---to ascertain, whether this al !ration should take place in regard to the English tilleries .only, accompanying the innovation pth certain regu l at i ons ca l cu l ated to protest the 4 glish distiller ag a i nst smugg li ng ; or whether its 'Gotland, should b e a b so l ute t h roug h out England, e cotland, arid Ireland ? , LOTTERY.—The following stat emen t o f t h e pro qnce of Loiteries, for twelve years, back, will slfew. t hat the profits to Government have increased since ! 8 02 (when the new regulations took place) to nearly • 'double what they were in the preceding six years, namely, from one million seven hundred and fifty four thousand and seventy4our pi:funds to three mil lions and tineieen thousand eight hund re d an d t 2. l nety-tour po u nd s , b es id es the increased profits on in . ' t !tu.s; such as postage of let teiti, stamps, a d ve rti se 11 l - sears, bre. +Mich mayfairly be taken, for th e la st s i x V s, ,M half * a million more ; th us t h e whole in• at benefit in six years, is about two millions . 1 7(J6 170 - ,C354,q4i 13 , 0 z - .1 49 ,020 ibo3 . • • 217,990 1804 I 'V' 26 3,54 0 1 180 5 4 604 444. 8 9 0 1806 i* 6 3 2 4 4 8 0 184 • ZSSS►OOO 35 2 ,333 - - 434, 62 5 - 680,624 - - bor,p3 • • 496,000 C',7541;74 I ' f.. 1 0 19 , 894 e t Si r St t(Or Smut! having Placa his flag fivm Piffle de Paris to the _Minotaur, sailed from the "a 4 t of Portugal on the iGth ult. to assume the Q)natrand of the British. Squadron in South, America: 111 0 Gazet te o f Saturday contains loyal and pa riatic addresses to his_ Majesty on the present pOs : ; 11 re of affairs, and fraught with the warmest pro :!lans of support, from the Counties &Aberdeen Kincardine s the towns of kladdington and I)um- V e s) and the Synod of Fife, in Scotland; and from Lae tow n of Belfast, in Ireland. th.° ,rerniurn is to be ()tiered by " the Society for v 4 ', , n touragement of Ails, I‘lartufaatires, and iwnmerce," to the - penult who, by distillation r , t)t il any wholesome material ) shall, within a given h r : a ' e u , dy produce a spirit that CULIICS nearest to French N9t\i'itlwding the "peace between France and Itussia the G an overnment of the latter thinks it proper to a ugment the military force of the Lin ire it) pro. Portion as lITT levies . A -- lI NNPARTE calls out his conscript b io e t .. l twe en ne.AP enrolment of one in 600 Males, throuo, - ; e , a Fell of nod 45, has been ordered vile 2e 7:l;,` t etl RUssion Empire, and particular -pd. the - 1,, -.. " 4 veal) granted to the serfs, or slaves, on Imperial demesnes and church lands, who enter ;e4 atilty before th e Ist of May hest. 0: further . S Private advices have been receiVed . 1 7 St, P etersburg!) by which we are informed of fm ome y more particulars relative to the pompous re- Eu n ex perienced by t e ltemurderer of the Prince otteN in that City...." The-new French Am- Igssador, Csoulicuo we (say these accounts), was .4 J' e ived in St. PetersbUrgh• with great pomp, the , .;mPeror A taxAmnr.tt's state carriage being in at. v en , ) , (l '„nce. -[he decorations of the lithel prepared t, 2 ; ; 4e , accommodation of this conscientiOms charm, 1a? cost not te As than 370,000 roubles! A few tiou , 'Met his arriva! a g rand review took place of nut the flower of the RU4Siall army.— e ui 11 4141 Neutiter stationel hi mse lf at t h e elbow of the Erriperor, and abated to pay many co in - Pnttents to his troops." x./10.4ividnal Army Agency is to cease on the 25th when a. Public Office, under the controul of r.tialtat.twootr, is to be opened. Paymasters' Bills, after the tslh Mat are to be made payable at the d Y - Oftic e , rldom of Cranford and Lindsay,with a ran'. oil 4=,000I; annu„ i said to have d er jeant LANDS.% of ro the s Perthshire Militiaevolved. totalaumber of the who have volun `;:i red iS into 6 o the Line, under t 4 late ACt of Portia • kiAVAL NEWS. 1 3 1.):119.1.1T/I, FED. 20.—Arrived the Rose Siodp of War,. frgrtx Torbay. r' oSttiled i t evening the Hound Sloop of War, Capt. 1 7 :PtitY Ent ,for to bring round the crew of Ado, Leda Frigatp, lately wrecked there. r; Arrived the' Kniphanien Ship Phrenix, Capt. Km..Tor4;, i from Hull ; the Kniphausen Galliot Hqff - flung, Capt. .14.1 DER OD, from Dover; the Jane, Capt. `ALTERS, and ,Four Sisters, Capt. PELLS, from London, with rum, for the Viaualling Stores; * t he Mineral Spring, Capt. GRIFFITHS, and Sydney, Capt. ILION ELL, • both from Monte Video,, laden wiMlidet4nd tallow, the former botind to London) for_Gtieensey. cp.,:, l llFrived, klip Times, from Cork, with provisions. !Met Phumix Frigato' and Pluto Sloop of War;i'bif &c. &c. 461610(411M FEL it.--; - -Yesterday arrived the PeterC;muer, JACKEN, and Pour Sisters, SMITH, froin Riga ; Imogene, PERUS, from Guernsey ; and about 20 Sail c.f . Vessels from the Downs. Sailed the Centurion, of 5o guo/, with a Convoy for Plymouth. Sailed this day the Franchise Frigate,- Captain pASIIWOOD, and Star Sloop of War, Capt. S'INIP SON, with a Convoy of about 70 Sail of Merchant Vessels for the West Indies. Also sailed the Por tuguese Brig 111erCurio, ALBERTO CAVALLO master ) for the Brazils. The Swallow Revenue Cutter, ThouAs AMos master, has captured and sent into this Port the Vreneh Lugger Privateer La I?evois, FEEDERICK FOURNIANTIN master, of 16 guns and 47 men (the Falcon Revenue Cutter', Capt. NEWLAND, in chace); out one day, and l haktaken nothing. The 2004 troops (detachments of regiments) which we mentioned to have embarked at Cowes, have joined ,Gen. SPENCER'S brigade at Falmouth, for the Mediterranean; and Which increased his force to goo° men. In the tremendous gale at N. E. on Thursday se'nnight, the French National Corvettes Cij gnet and Seine, of 20' guns each, were driven on shore at Cherbourgh, and wrecked. The Racehorse, Captain Fistieß, looked into that Port on Tuesday laqt, and saw the Frenchmen carrying away the wreck from the beach in waggons. Capt. H. HaA.TucoTR, is appointed to the Lion, of d 4 guns, at this Port. The Barflettr, of gs guns, was commissioned on Tuesday, at this Port, by Capt. M‘Lcop, for the Flag of Rear-Admiral OTWAY. The Lion, of 64 guns, Capt. HEATH COTE,Witil the Ocean, Ceres, Canton, Dorsaskire, dinat "la Castle, David Scott, Calcutta, Bader, Lord .4 1 1.14-on,. Hugh and Preslan, Indiamen, for Madras, Bengal, and Chitin-, will Rail in a few days: They are ordeied, to receive a number of recruits from the Depot in the Isle of Wight, to join several Regiments in Snr.r.tttgasi, Fga. the.Basilick Gun brig, Lieut. Hides, for Yarmouth. FALMOUTH, FEB. I9.—Ariived the Tar, from Monte Video with hides and tallow, last from Fayel I and the Salerno, PHlLLzrs,` from Li i,erpool, for Malta. DrAL, 21.--- , Sailed this morning 'the ..Vep tune East intliarnan for the River. GABENOCIC., FEI3. t0.. , —0n the lid] curt. during a violent gale of wind from -E. S. E. a Pilot Boat lost at Drogheda ; two of ,the Crew drowned. Light Fishing Wherries belonging to the Skerries are stated to live been loAt with their Crews, and it is reported that ten vessels were driven to shore in Dublin Bay, two of which are said to be Ame ricans, the others Coasters. The following are stated, in a Paper of yepttrday, to be the terms of the Treaty to:winded between Great Britain and Sweden : fly this Treaty the Island of Martrand, near Got tell'Airib, is surrendered to the English, as a deptit for the naval and military.force to be employed in the 11.titic it possesses an excellent harbour, and from its strength, is termed the Gibraltar of Sweden. It will bc.' further important as commanding the en trance Of the Categat. The assistance which his Swedish Majesty .bas stated to be necessary.to enable him to contend with `the poWerful combination which his been formed -iiVanst him, consists-- Ist,.ni sixteen s2tt of the Line. _ . • act, Twenty thousand British Troops, With which a corps of riot.° select S wedistr Troops ate mi. 3d, A Subsidy of 100,0491. ['et month during the con. tinuance of the wat. Every man in Sweden capable of bearing armg, between the age of 16 and bu, is to be called into service. The Swedes are forming magazines of bread, forage, atc. at lielsinburgh, 'and other parts of Scotia. It'doe:s IlOt appear either from the communica- I titans of M. AbLEABERG or of Mr. TRORNTON to Mi` iiiisters, that the Itasciang had, at the date of the last lad vice from Scodkholm, passed the Ii ymmene river. The advanceil corps of the . army which menaced swedislotFiniand, was, At that period, at Frederic , bbttc n Staff was at Vv'yburg, but Car ilia was deatitutevi provisions. flOt~T LG.4L: OFFICIAL 'PAPER.. Dor, rx A:lf 13C9 D T4R.:114E0 Y LL A NO, decorated by tfir. I m rt.ltOrt . of 411' the itt - sstAs with the Military Order ot.St. George, Lord of Zareauto in Biscay, Lieutenant r-ttleYat of leiN *Ravi Armies, Gov:roar and Captain Ge neral of the Kingdom di Ca President of its Royal Court of Justice, Commissioner of the Kevertue of I'o4t- age andrfumpike Dues in the same kingdom,. and atlual General of the Army destined to attt Country, Citizens .and inhabitants of the Provinces between Douro and Minho, anti Tras.vo,Montes, do not make yourselves uneasy remain quiet and undifturbed in the confidence that the Spanish Army, which I command, shall not till. nub you in your laws, habits, and customs; treat it with the sincere friendship due to its valourand humane charaeler, and you, in return, will meet with the same friendship. I promise it you in the name of the King my' master, who is as just as he is, benevolent. As a General vested with his arms, justice, anti clemency, I shall be the faithful executor of his sovereign outer; they all tend to protect you in the deplorable situation in which you are found, on account of the absence of your. SoVereign, and to liberate you from the perfidious domination of the English, and from their ambiti. •us ptilicx, which has taught them to assume the appearance dr your intitiMe friendt;w bile theyare bent tipon your destrue. tion. Rest satisfied, that al ijhe measures of precaution which are now adopted, are intended to improve your situation, to emancipate you front the disgraceful guardianship of the English Government which deceives you, and to organize the political systeni. The time is already crome when you may understand the true interests of your native country, and uniting your will anti your strength with ours, we can jointly avenge the injuries which the treacherous ,ferocity of the English has done to almost all the Nations of Europe : when we can prated ourselves, and guard against their Machill3. ionsi and when you may enjoy the protection kindly otli:red you by his Catholic Majesty, my Sovereign. Ali 1 promise you shall be religiously fulfilled, and I as. sure you, on my word, that every Spanish soldier who renders himself guilty of pillage, er any other offence, shall be pu. niched with all the rigour pith:: law ; that every born subject or inhabitant of the kingdom of Portugal; who shall take part' in any coinmotion against the Spanish army, shall be shot. The city, boroUgh, or tillage, from which a shot shall be fired against the Spanish troops, shall deliver up the ofrentier, or remain responsible ti,r his offence: In the same manner shall be bound the fudge of the district or parish in whesie territory any individual at the Spanish army shall be killed, 'and stick district or parish shall moreover pay treble the Valtfe of its annual produce, and four of the principal in. habtiants shall be taken as hostages for the payment thereof. It twill Abed me particular satisfaelioir, if l can be restrain. ed fret?: infhmtting these punishments; and this satisfaction will be considerably increased, if I should perceive that the Portigtiesc and Spanish love each other, and that so far from rendering themselves liable to punishment, they will by their virtues make themselves wurlhy of reward. FRANCISCO DE TARANEO: Oporto, Dec. :3, 1807. LITTER FROM HIS IeXCILLENCY Tilt Ca'NFIAL IN emEr CATHOLIC MAJESTY I S TitoOrS, to THE CliAti• C rt. LOX 01 OPORTO. Ito wotta S te.—}fis Serene Highness the Prince of Pt cc, Generalissimo and High Admiral, has dirceal me, in order that no scarcity of provisions may be felt in l'orru. gal, on account of the increased number of troops which nnw occupy the same, to cause the trade in meat, and all sorts of provisions, to he encouraged iu this Kingdom, which ought and now is considered as part at our Territory, now separated from Eugland, and having no supplies by sea. I have in obedience to your supreme injunelions, trans. Misted my orders to the Vrovisional Commandant General of Galicia, to the Intendant, the Commissioners of the Royal Revenue, and other persons, diteeiing that all the impedi. ments and obstacles which have obstruAted the mutual trade of the two Natioßs. be immediately removed.% JI bring this to your Lordship's notice, that it may be made known to the merchants and speculators, who will be (menu - 'raged to reConcilc, their private interests with those of the public, so that the adVantageous ends may be obtained which the Spanish Government had in view in framing its resit , lotions. Cod preserve your Lordship niany years. (Signed) FRANCISCO DE tARANEO. Oporto, Vec. 1807. The Cartels that-carried the Russian Ambassador. mid suite to Calais returned to Dover on Friday; they landed hitu:on Wi , dniesaay, 91.41ut seven o'clock in the evening. , One of the cartels broug ht 4/Yer ri packet of letters from M. At.orEus—one &reeled to the Prussian Minister is supposo.l to ,contain his order to quit England immediately. The Packet was-sent express to the Otfice of the Secretary of Stare for the. Foreign I?epartment. We regret to bear that the Court of St. Peters burgh continues to refuse passports to our country. men in Russia ; and that, following the example of .I.WowArA Willi it I Invatens to retain themAs hostages for the release of. some Rus*ians captured by our cruizers in the Mediterranean. The following is an. extra& of aletter from no English Merchant upon the subjecttip St. Petersburg!), 12th (1.4111) lam " It is stated that no further passports will hence forth be granted to English subjcas 5 of course we consider ourselves now as urlsoners of war." The Cardinal Patriarch at Lisbon hinkissued ano4 - they Proclamation, hi which the wretched, old man, after exhorting the people to be reconciled to the, chains of the French, speaks in terms of blasphe. mous adulation of the Tyrant by whom the Country is oppressed : " Fear not, beloved Children (says he)—live se cure in your houses and oat of them—boar in mind that this army belongs to his Majeaty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy, NAPOLEON THE GRIAT, whom God has destined to defend and pro. k 5? religion, and constityte the hyppiness of the People. You know it, All the world knows it. Confide then, with unalterable security, in this matchless prodigy of all ages. He will shower (1 °" 1 on us the blessings of Peace, if you rasped his determinations ; the people will be happy, if they are thy (foci hiptcprolfelion !" GruEtt.. WHITE'LIICtRIS TRIAL, 18TH DAY.-- Tlie'Court assembled at the usual hour this tnin-n -ing,.'when the Corptaisgary amend explained spine part of his evidence y aft 4 which Gelle,l‘;.l dOWltit ente►ed upon his :nailer exam'instien. 'Another Expedition, it it said, is to be sent to the River Plata ; the arritattent for Sweden may retard its departure, which it is understood would other wise have taken pine, as soon as the nature of the reception of the Braganza Fa:4ily in thei3razils Was known here. - Yesterday the Parks and Kensington'Gardens dis. played a brilliant assemblage of visitants. The wea. titer Was fine, but the pedestrians were not, so numerous as Might have been expe6lred. We lament to say that another nephew of the im mortal NELSON is prematurely cut off. FEAN(IS, the second sim of •MrgliTcnE.m, by the sister of the deceased Lord NELSOLOI very prom(cing youth of twelve years of age, died ho- week, after two days illnest, of an infinrmnation ih the bowels. Ministers lustre , acceded to the wishes of the St. Domingo Merchants to a considerable extent. They have been informed, that no duty would attach to • the produce of that Island, at present . worelsoused, or which, should hereafter, e ' in return for the cargoes shipped by virtue. of. his Majesty's Leencel granted prior to the t t tit of November, i 807, the _date of the Orders in Council respeaing Neutrals. Our accounts from Bury and Newmarket, rim• peeling the fall of the snow, and its consequences, are of the most extraore;oney it;o4 : in the open parts of those Counties the depth of the snow was tre mendous : two shepherds,were found dead en New:. market Heath, and many other persons are sup., posed to s have perished. The Mail Coach% from London did not reach Newmarket on Saturday till a late hour, thotigh drawn by eight horses, and, being unable to keep the road, came across the common fields from the six -mile bottom. Tho Gentlemen of the Coursing Meeting were confined in' hat town from Thursday ,till lVfoutlay last. M..Bo7raft, Who Was brought from Falmotith to London, from oh . brond I AtneriCan Schooner Hope, which had been detained by the Mare. Priva teer under suspicious .circumstances, has had the whole of his papers examined, and is sent as a pri soner of war on r his parole to Chesterfield., BOY ER was passenger on hoard the Hope, from 'ilourdeaux to New Yerk, and was the bearer of dispatches froth the. Minister for Foreign Atfairs at Paris, to the .01ficers cernmending at: Goadataepe and istlartinieue, We are very happy. to correet i ‘he report which prevailed in the City on Sattirday or Cord Cirsitoi vtor.c's noble mansion at Tullamore being destroyed by fire. The fait is, that the fire only was commu nicated to 1 ,watercloset,. and waS suppressed with out doing any ittjury to the castle or forniture., THE OPetta.--After the Serious Opera of Pidone,, on Saturday last, .at the King's Theatre) in which CiTALANI actrired great applause, ot nets Dieerlise ,inent was brought forward under the title of La Rte which, was very creditable to the taste and inventive powers of D'Eovroor, the'COMposer, and which was ably supported by DESHAYES, his wife s Mottcau, sPansr.e, and Miss GAYTON. This little 'Ballet was well received by a nameretns audienee. IitYNOLDS is the. Author both of the,Pmhtile and Epilogue to his. Comedy of hegone"pall care. In the hitter he has so successfully copied the manner of. his friend-ANrosews, that report gave it to that `Gentleman. The satirical hits at the Milers and Trotters will give his Epilogue a nits. Mrs. StrsuoNs, in pursenoce of her intention tO take leave of 'all' the provincial Thentres; closed her engagement at Bath on MOOday last, in the part of Mary Queen ofscon. Mr. Roscoe has given charaaer of the late Mr. PITS' to the world;; which is by no means equal to what might have been expeaed from his talents and reputation. He 'aecuses Mr. Pill of being wholly' devoted to the acquisition of power, and " a total insensibility to the feeling" of mankind, and thorough ignorance of the leading principles of hu man nature."---We are shocked at such an unjust attack upon the , charaeter of that virtuous and en lightened Statesman, who fell a vietiin _to his own feelings on the triumph of France over Austria, and the consequent oppression which it threatened to the civilized world. 'lt' thighi, indeed, be stip posed that Mr. ,PiTT's knowledge of - lniman titt ,ture was not equal to his . sensibility of its di tresses, since it was iorposatble for him to suppose that other Powers,AO whom the world looked for,, resistance against the ravages of France s should have ' 'mink into disgracethl submission to her : hut this ignorance of Mr. PITT was no more than what ha partook with.every dignified mind that entertained more - exalted sentiments of mankind. Mr. Itosoow ascribes the unity= of the , French. People, eMidst all . the VtirhitiOilli of :heir Government, since the Revo lution, to " the continued pressure of exterior foice Such an observation indicates not only a Want of common sagacity, but even of attention topassing events; since it was evident that this boasted unity of the Frebch was chiefly the alit% of terror' et home, whether under the dreadful reign of the cobius, or the more decisive operation of military despotisms SI%IEIIIEIEO MARKET, rEs:i2. This day's market Was' tolerably well suppled with prime Beasts, ittrd' the ,show of Cattle in other respell * NT:I3 rather, con4iderabie; i Beef, Mutton, Pork, and Veal sold at 4ast prices, and the trade in general was somewhat brisk.-- , The sales in the, Hay. market were Pretty lively v! - ' . H.1 . 5', Straw, and Clo ver fetched - last prices.the prices and numbers are' a corre6t, statement : To sink the - 01 W perstone of Sib. Beef 31. rod. to 0. 1341.—Mt A ttori 4s cd. to is. 6s. o d. to Ss. at: Lamb as. od. to 6t. Beasts'. t4so,- 2 -Sheep, tasoo.—Calw.s, flay sl. OS. to 61. 6s art.—Clover 61, as. ad. to 71. 7E. ad.—Straw tl. Os. 10. tQ 1 1 Si. od. Corm EgcßANoe, 't?2.—Tne Supply ot. Wheat to-day is considerahh, and the tract,: t lu in sales—and secultd, with inferior qual:ties, are at ra ther lower prices ; Barley tyrid kifait each give way 'tt price; White rk se are &..ircr; Grey are so'newhar . cheaper; in B 'nu; hy,t al...Qv:lo(ln ; th sripplv of o,4ts is ro,i , tAtiq ;ii.t;c! e siles of Flavr c,;l the tt..ru,c, 'r:ek. F 9 ~: